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In this video, Chris Ham, Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, interviews Sir David Dalton, Chief Executive of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust about the lessons learnt on the journey to making Salford Royal one of the safest trusts in the NHS.

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Safe staffing levels have been identified as a key element of delivering high quality, safe care. Commissioners and providers need to work together to regularly review staffing levels to ensure that staff are able to provide adequate contact time with patients to ensure safe care.

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The Mencap “Death by Indifference” campaign summarises the initial “Death by Indifference” Report which tells the stories of six deaths of people with learning disabilities, the subsequent Inquiry “Healthcare for All” and the “Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities”.

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This short video introduces the basic concepts and approach of the science of human factors. It provides a helpful introduction to some fundamental concepts in human factors, including: stress, fatigue, cognitive workload, design, equipment, teams, and culture.

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In this short video, Professor Mary Dixon-Woods tells the story of Ignaz Semmelweiss, a Hungarian physician whose strident efforts in the 1800s to get physicians to comply with hand hygiene eventually saw him hounded out of the hospital where he was working.

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Engaging with staff is an essential element of patient safety. All staff need to feel listened to, involved in decisions and in control of their work - and this is particularly important for managing and improving patient safety.